While not mandatory, the law provides support for phonics — focused on vocabulary, comprehension and sounding words out — to ...

English learners are sometimes an afterthought in 'science of reading' policies. Some educators want to change that.

To the editor: In 1970, I was a student teacher and then a second-grade teacher in New York. I later became a learning and reading specialist and taught the teachers. Throughout my training, I learned ...

The battle over the best way to teach children how to read has re-erupted in the California Legislature, as dueling factions haggle over a bill that would mandate a phonics-based style of reading ...

America’s kids aren’t learning how to read, a skill which forms the building blocks of nearly every other subject or discipline and a lifelong capacity for acquiring knowledge. That’s why it’s ...

Teachers are being instructed to dedicate just 10 minutes to teaching their students phonics at a northern suburbs school, despite the government’s 25 minute recommendation. From this year, students ...

A teaching assistant tried to sue for race discrimination after her colleague said 'there is a brown cow' during a phonics lesson. Kamaljit Kaur claimed she was the victim of racism when the teacher ...

State Education Commissioner Betty Rosa has overseen sweeping changes to the education system. On Monday, the Board of Regents took on reading, deciding that every school district must revert to ...

The Welsh Government has admitted that it needs to clarify its guidance for schools on how to teach reading. This is in response to an ITV News investigation which revealed that methods of teaching ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The results of a switch to mandated phonics in public schools are unlikely to show themselves for two to three years, with patience and ...

A new approach to teaching children how to read has been implemented in schools across the country, with educators seeing a dramatic improvement in scores. Known as the 'science of reading,' this ...

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